| Show THE RICHEST WOMAN f mrs hetty green long considered one of bf americas richest women if not the richest has died leaving a fortune beyond the power of the average imagination aaion to conceive left rich as aa a girl she added to her millions by shrewd management she lived in such frugal fashion as tu tt make her name a national synonym for stinginess she may have had worthy secret motives for the accumulation of wealth if so they will become public only when her will is read russell sage whose habits were similar left ft a princely fortune for philanthropy but hetty green died without giving the world any hint of philanthropic purposes fora long time she was suspected of refusing for sentimental reasons to sell an abandoned gold mine acquired by her husband but a few months ago she sold the mine at a fancy price for which she had been waiting she engaged in no great enterprises she seemed to care little for the power wealth gave her she seemed to be thrifty for thrifts thrifty ts sake a wealthy disciple of poor richard if gathering and holding money be the chief aim of life mrs green was a great success her judgment in financial matters was almost infallible she foresaw the panic in 1907 and mobilized her resources so that she was able to render aid to her associates on terms profitable to her she was apparently never swayed by sentiment before her marriage she demali demanded ded a contract that precluded the possibility of mr green ever wasting any of her money she sought to train her son in her financial ways and is said to have hoped to make him the richest american although a loyal son mr green has shown a better conception of relative values and it may be safely predicted that bis portion of his mothers money will do vastly more for human betterment than it did while in possession of americas richest woman |
